Chris Fadriga (Source: ANC)
Negrense farmer Chris Fadriga’s heirloom criollo cacao grown in Brgy., Atipuluan, Bago City won the gold award in the 2021 International Cocoa Awards (ICA) in Paris, which makes him one of only three Filipinos recognized as among the best cocoa producers in the world (See ABS-CBN for story).
Toms River North High School in New Jersey, United States, where Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa finished high school, has named its auditorium after the veteran journalist and founder of online news website Rappler (See Rappler for story).
Velifer hypselopterus
Diver and marine conservationist Danny Ocampo was visiting his usual underwater haunts at Anilao when he photographed the ultra-elusive Velifer hypselopterus (Veliferidae), documenting the fish in the Philippines for the very first time (See Esquiremag.ph for story).
Jonathan Corpus Ong
Filipino professor Jonathan Corpus Ong has been named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for his research focused on troll farms and disinformation campaigns on the internet (See Good News Pilipinas for story).
An Orlando home owned by a Filipino American, who wishes to remain anonymous to protect his privacy, is on the market with the biggest price tag in Central Florida’s home market (See INQUIRER.net for story).
An estimated 10.9 million Filipino families considered themselves “poor” in the first quarter of the year, says the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed (See INQUIRER.net for story).
Carlos Yulo
The Philippines continued its medal rampage at the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Monday, May 16, 2022, anchored on victories from gymnast Carlos Yulo, the dancesport team and bowler Merwin Tan in Hanoi, Vietnam (See Manila Bulletin for story).
Civic leaders on Tuesday has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision that dismissed the bid to cancel Marcos’ certificate of candidacy. (See INQUIRER.net for story).
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